Effect of Co on Solidification Characteristics and Microstructural Transformation of Non-equilibrium Solidified Cu-Ni Alloys

Non-equilibrium solidification structures of Cu55Ni45 and Cu55Ni43Co2 alloys were prepared by the molten glass purification cycle superheating method.The variation of the recalescence phenomenon with the degree of undercooling in the rapid solidification process was investigated using an infrared thermometer.The addition of the Co element affected the evolution of the recalescence phenomenon in Cu-Ni alloys.The images of the solid-liquid interface migration during the rapid solidification of supercooled melts were captured by using a high-speed camera.The solidification rate of Cu-Ni alloys,with the addition of Co elements,was explored.Finally,the grain refinement structure with low supercooling was characterised using electron backscatter diffraction(EBSD).The effect of Co on the microstructural evolution during nonequilibrium solidification of Cu-Ni alloys under conditions of small supercooling is investigated by comparing the microstructures of Cu55Ni45 and Cu55Ni43Co2 alloys.The experimental results show that the addition of a small amount of Co weakens the recalescence behaviour of the Cu55Ni45 alloy and significantly reduces the thermal strain in the rapid solidification phase.In the rapid solidification phase,the thermal strain is greatly reduced,and there is a significant increase in the characteristic undercooling degree.Furthermore,the addition of Co and the reduction of Cu not only result in a lower solidification rate of the alloy,but also contribute to the homogenisation of the grain size.

On transition of type V interaction in double-wedge flow with non-equilibrium effects

The transition between regular reflection （RR） and Mach reflection （MR） of type V shock-shock interaction on a double-wedge geometry with high temperature non-equilibrium effects is investigated by extended shock-polar method and numerical simulation. First, the critical angles of transition from detachment criterion and yon Neumann criterion are determined by the extended shock-polar method considering the non-equilibrium effects. Then wave patterns and the transition process are numerically obtained. Results of the critical transition angles from shock-polar calculation and numerical simulation show evident disagreement, indicating transition mechanism between RR and MR of type V interaction is changed. By comparing with the frozen counterpart, it is also found that non-equilibrium effects lead to a larger critical wedge angle and a larger hysteresis interval.

Effects of Hydrogen on the Methane Coupling under Non-equilibrium Plasma

In this paper, hydrogen is first utilized in the study on methane coupling under nonequilibrium plasma. Results indicate that the addition of hydrogen is beneficial. to the methane coupling so as to increase the conversion rate of methane and the yield of C2 hydrocarbon with a gradual increase in the addition of hydrogen in a certain range of proportionality. This conclusion explores a new route of hydrogenated methane coupling.

Catalytic Effect of Activated Carbon and Activated Carbon Fiber in Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Based Water Treatment

Catalysis and regeneration efficiency of granular activated carbon （GAC） and activated carbon fiber （ACF） were investigated in a non-equilibrium plasma water treatment reactor with a combination of pulsed streamer discharge and GAC or ACF. The experimental results show that the degradation efficiency of methyl orange （MO） by the combined treatment can increase 22% （for GAC） and 24% （for ACF） respectively compared to pulsed discharge treatment alone, indicating that the combined treatment has a synergetic effect. The MO degradation efficiency by the combined treatment with pulsed discharge and saturated GAC or ACF can increase 12% and 17% respectively compared to pulsed discharge treatment alone. Both GAC and ACF show catalysis and the catalysis of ACF is prominent. Meanwhile, the regeneration of GAC and ACF are realized in this process. When H202 is introduced into the system, the utilization efficiency of ozone and ultraviolet light is improved and the regeneration efficiency of GAC and ACF is also increased.

Effects of Chemical Reactions in the Hypersonic Reacting Flow around Blunt Bodies

The effects of chemical reactions in the hypersonic reacting flow are investigated using an integrated algorithm considering simultaneously two different reaction mechanisms,i.e.,including the high temperature air nonequilibrium chemical reactions and the H_2-air combustion reactions. The program is validated by the air non-equilibrium flow at Mach number of 25.9 with the RAM C-II configuration and the shock-induced combustion flow at Mach number of 4.512 6 around a sphere,respectively. Furthermore,the mixed reacting flow with the Mach number of 10.0 with an opposing jet of hydrogen is numerically analyzed. The results show that the program is reliable,and the effects of chemical reactions engender in the decrease of peak temperature along characteristic lines,as well as on the surface. The production of water is augmented in the region with high ratio of oxygen to hydrogen and weakened in the area with low ratio of oxygen to hydrogen by the air chemical non-equilibrium effects.

Non-equilibrium thermodynamic analysis of coupled heat and moisture transfer across a membrane

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics theory is used to analyze the transmembrane heat and moisture transfer process,which can be observed in a membrane-type total heat exchanger(THX).A theoretical model is developed to simulate the coupled heat and mass transfer across a membrane,total coupling equations and the expressions for the four characteristic parameters including the heat transfer coefficient,molardriven heat transfer coefficient,thermal-driven mass transfer coefficient,and mass transfer coefficient are derived and provided,with the Onsager’s reciprocal relation being confirmed to verify the rationality of the model.Calculations are conducted to investigate the effects of the membrane property and air state on the coupling transport process.The results show that the four characteristic parameters directly affect the transmembrane heat and mass fluxes:the heat and mass transfer coefficients are both positive,meaning that the temperature difference has a positive contribution to the heat transfer and the humidity ratio difference has a positive contribution to the mass transfer.The molar-driven heat transfer and thermal-driven mass transfer coefficients are both negative,implying that the humidity ratio difference acts to reduce the heat transfer and the temperature difference works to diminish the mass transfer.The mass transfer affects the heat transfer by 1%–2%while the heat transfer influences the mass transfer by7%–14%.The entropy generation caused by the temperature difference-induced heat transfer is much larger than that by the humidity difference-induced mass transfer.

Novel attributes and design considerations of effective oxide thickness in nano DG MOSFETs

Impacts of effective oxide thickness on a symmetric double-gate MOSFET with 9-nm gate length are studied, using full quantum simulation. The simulations are based on a self-consistent solution of the two-dimensional （2D） Poisson equation and the Schr6dinger equation within the non-equilibrium Green＇s function formalism. Oxide thickness and gate dielectric are investigated in terms of drain current, on-off current ratio, off current, sub-threshold swing, drain induced barrier lowering, transconductance, drain conductance, and voltage. Simulation results illustrate that we can improve the device performance by proper selection of the effective oxide thickness.

Specific heat ratio effects of compressible Rayleigh—Taylor instability studied by discrete Boltzmann method

Rayleigh-Taylor(RT)instability widely exists in nature and engineering fields.How to better understand the physical mechanism of RT instability is of great theoretical significance and practical value.At present,abundant results of RT instability have been obtained by traditional macroscopic methods.However,research on the thermodynamic non-equilibrium(TNE)effects in the process of system evolution is relatively scarce.In this paper,the discrete Boltzmann method based on non-equilibrium statistical physics is utilized to study the effects of the specific heat ratio on compressible RT instability.The evolution process of the compressible RT system with different specific heat ratios can be analyzed by the temperature gradient and the proportion of the non-equilibrium region.Firstly,as a result of the competition between the macroscopic magnitude gradient and the non-equilibrium region,the average TNE intensity first increases and then reduces,and it increases with the specific heat ratio decreasing;the specific heat ratio has the same effect on the global strength of the viscous stress tensor.Secondly,the moment when the total temperature gradient in y direction deviates from the fixed value can be regarded as a physical criterion for judging the formation of the vortex structure.Thirdly,under the competition between the temperature gradients and the contact area of the two fluids,the average intensity of the non-equilibrium quantity related to the heat flux shows diversity,and the influence of the specific heat ratio is also quite remarkable.

CALCULATING METHOD OF AERODYNAMIC HEATING FOR HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFTS

A new calculating method of aerodynamic heating for unsteady hypersonic aircrafts with complex configuration is presented.This method,which considers the effects of high temperature chemical non-equilibrium and the heat transfer process in thermal protection structure,is based on the combination of the inviscid outerflow solution and the engineering method,where the Euler solver provides the flow parameters on boundary layer edge for engineering method in aerodynamic heating calculation.A high efficient interpolation technique,which can be applied to the fast computation of longtime aerodynamic heating for hypersonic aircraft,is developed for flying trajectory.In this paper,three hypersonic test cases are calculated,and the heat flux and temperature distribution of thermo-protection system are shown.The numerical results show the high efficiency of the developed method and the validation of thermal characteristics analysis on hypersonic aerodynamic heating.

Numerical study on shock-dusty gas cylinder interaction

The interaction of a planar shock wave with a dusty-gas cylinder is numerically studied by a compressible multi-component solver with an adaptive mesh refinement technique. The influence of non-equilibrium effect caused by the particle relaxation, which is closely related to the particle radius and shock strength, on the evolution of particle cylinder is emphasized. For a very small particle radius, the particle cloud behaves like an equilibrium gas cylinder with the same physical properties as those of the gas-particle mixture. Specifically, the transmitted shock converges continually within the cylinder and then focuses at a region near the downstream interface, producing a local high pressure zone followed by a particle jet. Also, noticeable secondary instabilities emerge along the cylinder edge and the evident particle roll-up causes relatively large width and height of the shocked cylinder. As the particle radius increases, the flow features approach those of a frozen flow of pure air, e.g., the transmitted shock propagates more quickly with a weaker strength and a smaller curvature, resulting in an increasingly-weaken shock focusing and particle jet. Also, particles would escape from the vortex core formed at late stages due to the larger inertia, inducing a greater particle dispersion. It is found that a large particle radius as well as a strong incident shock can facilitate such particle escape. The theory of Luo et al.(J. Fluid Mech., 2007) combined with the SZ circulation model ( J. Fluid Mech., 1994) can reasonably explain the high dependence of particle escape on the particle radius and shock strength.

THE EFFECT OF THE NEGATIVE ENTROPY FLOW ON THE ORGANIZATION OF ATMOSPHERIC DISSIPATIVE STRUCTURES IN NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS

The entropy balance equation that describes the entropy budget of atmospheric systems is derived from the Gibbs relation.The distribution of the entropy flows of a west-Pacific typhoon and a Bengal-Bay cyclone is calculated and thus the dissipativity of the atmospheric systems is revealed.

Resistant effect of non-equilibrium inter-particle collisions on dense solids transport

There exist big gaps between measurements and modeling predictions on solids holdup and pressure drop in dense solids transport, such as those occuring in the bottom sections of gas-solids risers. The inability of closing this gap by common modeling approaches indicates certain missing and/or misrepresentation of some controlling mechanisms in modeling the transport. Previous research efforts show that the gap can not be effectively narrowed by simply modifying the drag force formulations without inclusion of the collision effect. This paper explores the origin of some controlling mechanisms that might have been overlooked in previous modeling approaches, and recommends how to make the model dense solids transport better. Our analysis shows the presence of a resistant force arising from inter-particle collision when the solids are accelerated in dense-phase transport. This may be caused by non-equilibrium collision during solids acceleration, which differs from local-equilibrium assumptions on which the current kinetic theory modeling of granular particles is based. A complete modeling of this collision-induced resistance calls for a total revision of the kinetic theory, with the inclusion of non-equilibrium collisions and offcenter collisions in dense solids transport.

Non-equilibrium effect in the allosteric regulation of the bacterial flagellar switch

Subject Code:A02With funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research group led by Prof.Yuan Junhua(袁军华)and Zhang Rongjing(张榕京)from the University of Science and Technology of China(USTC)has discovered non-equilibrium effect in the regulation of the bacterial flagellar switch,

Equilibrium state and non-equilibrium steady state in an isolated human system

The principle of increasing entropy （PIE） is commonly considered as a universal physical law tbr natural systems. It also means that a non-equilibrium steady state （NESS） must not appear in any isolated natural systems. Here we experimentally investigate an isolated human social system with a clustering effect. We report that the PIE cannot always hold, and that NESSs can come to appear. Our study highlights the role of human adaptability in the PIE, and makes it possible to study human social systems by using some laws originating from traditional physics.

Gas-kinetic unified algorithm for computable modeling of Boltzmann equation and application to aerothermodynamics for falling disintegration of uncontrolled Tiangong-No.1 spacecraft

How to solve the hypersonic aerothermodynamics around large-scale uncontrolled spacecraft during falling disintegrated process from outer space to earth,is the key to resolve the problems of the uncontrolled Tiangong-No.1 spacecraft reentry crash.To study aerodynamics of spacecraft reentry covering various flow regimes,a Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm(GKUA)has been presented by computable modeling of the collision integral of the Boltzmann equation over tens of years.On this basis,the rotational and vibrational energy modes are considered as the independent variables of the gas molecular velocity distribution function,a kind of Boltzmann model equation involving in internal energy excitation is presented by decomposing the collision term of the Boltzmann equation into elastic and inelastic collision terms.Then,the gas-kinetic numerical scheme is constructed to capture the time evolution of the discretized velocity distribution functions by developing the discrete velocity ordinate method and numerical quadrature technique.The unified algorithm of the Boltzmann model equation involving thermodynamics non-equilibrium effect is presented for the whole range of flow regimes.The gas-kinetic massive parallel computing strategy is developed to solve the hypersonic aerothermodynamics with the processor cores 500~45,000 at least 80%parallel efficiency.To validate the accuracy of the GKUA,the hypersonic flows are simulated including the reentry Tiangong-1 spacecraft shape with the wide range of Knudsen numbers of 220~0.00005 by the comparison of the related results from the DSMC and N-S coupled methods,and the low-density tunnel experiment etc.For uncontrolling spacecraft falling problem,the finite-element algorithm for dynamic thermalforce coupling response is presented,and the unified simulation of the thermal structural response and the hypersonic flow field is tested on the Tiangong-1 shape under reentry aerodynamic environment.Then,the forecasting analysis platform of end-of-life largescale spacecraft flying track is established on the basis of ballistic computation combined with reentry aerothermodynamics and deformation failure/disintegration.

Two-dimensional Multiple-Relaxation-Time Lattice Boltzmann model for compressible and incompressible flows

In the paper we extend the Multiple-Relaxation-Time （MRT） Lattice Boltzmann （LB） model pro- posed in [Europhys. Lctt., 2010, 90： 54003] so that it is suitable also for incompressible flows. To decrease tile artificial oscillations, the convection term is discretized by the flux linfiter scheme with splitting technique. A new model is validated by some well-known benchmark tests, including Rie- mann problem and Couette flow, and satisfying agreements are obtained between the sinmlation results and ana.lytical ones. In order to show the merit of LB model over traditional methods, the non-equilibrium characteristics of system are solved. The simulation results are consistent with the physical analysis.

Influence of Metal Material Properties on Heat and Mass Transfer into Thermal Protection Surface with Phenomenological Catalytic Model

Surface heterogeneous catalysis in a high-enthalpy dissociated environment leads to a remarkable enhancement of aerodynamic heating into the thermal protection surface of hypersonic aircraft.To more accurately predict this catalytic heating,a kinetic catalytic model was constructed.This model involved four elementary reactions,the rates of which were determined on mean-field approximation and surface steady-state reaction assumption.By coupling this model into the viscous wall boundary condition of computational fluid dynamics(CFD)solver,the influences of metal material catalytic properties on heat and mass transfer into thermal protection materials were numerically investigated.Numerical results showed that atomic oxygen recombination catalyzed by surface material accounts for a major contribution to aerodynamic heating and thus variation in recombination rates from different materials leads to the significant difference in surface heat fluxes.From a comparative analysis of various materials,the catalytic activity increases from the inert platinum(Pt)to nickel(Ni)and finally to the active copper(Cu).As a result,the catalytic heating on Cu surface was more than twice of that on Pt surface.Further parametrical research revealed that the proper layout of inert material at the nose of aircraft could prevent stagnation catalytic heating from thermal damage by carrying near-wall dissociated atoms from the stagnation zone downstream.The material-relied heterogeneous catalysis mechanism in this study provides some technical support for the thermal protection system design of hypersonic aircraft.

Rayleigh-Taylor instability under multimode perturbation:Discrete Boltzmann modeling with tracers

The two-dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor Instability(RTI)under multi-mode perturbation in compressible flow is probed via the Discrete Boltzmann Modeling(DBM)with tracers.The distribution of tracers provides clear boundaries between light and heavy fluids in the position space.Besides,the position-velocity phase space offers a new perspective for understanding the flow behavior of RTI with intuitive geometrical correspondence.The effects of viscosity,acceleration,compressibility,and Atwood number on the mixing of material and momentum and the mean nonequilibrium strength at the interfaces are investigated separately based on both the mixedness defined by the tracers and the non-equilibrium strength defined by the DBM.The mixedness increases with viscosity during early stage but decreases with viscosity at the later stage.Acceleration,compressibility,and Atwood number show enhancement effects on mixing based on different mechanisms.After the system relaxes from the initial state,the mean non-equilibrium strength at the interfaces presents an initially increasing and then declining trend,which is jointly determined by the interface length and the macroscopic physical quantity gradient.We conclude that the four factors investigated all significantly affect early evolution behavior of an RTI system,such as the competition between interface length and macroscopic physical quantity gradient.The results contribute to the understanding of the multi-mode RTI evolutionary mechanism and the accompanied kinetic effects.